Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland

(Redirected from Polish-Catholic Church of the Republic of Poland) Independent Catholic denomination in Poland This article is about the Old Catholic group belonging to the Union of Utrecht. For other uses of the term "Polish Catholic Church", see Polish Catholic Church (disambiguation).

Church of Poland (Polish-Catholic Church)
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Type	Independent Catholicism
Classification	Polish Old Catholicism
Theology	Ultrajectine
Polity	Episcopal
Leader	Andrzej Gontarek
Associations	International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference Union of Utrecht World Council of Churches
Region	Poland
Headquarters	Warsaw
Separated from	Roman Catholic Church
Congregations	78
Members	19,035 (2008)
Ministers	81

The Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland, also known as the Church of Poland or Polish-Catholic Church (Polish: Kościół Polski, Kościół Polskokatolicki w Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is a Polish Old Catholic church in Poland.

This denomination is part of the Union of Utrecht. It is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Polish Ecumenical Council. It is not affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, and as of 2022, has 18,140 members.

History

The Polish-Catholic Church was founded in 1921 after the Polish-American Polish National Catholic Church sent missionaries to Poland during the Interwar period.

Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański was chosen as the church's superior in 1995 until his death in 2023. Following his death, four new bishops were consecrated for Poland.

The Polish National Catholic Church in the Union of Scranton severed ties with the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland in September 2023.

Polish-Catholic Church in Great Britain

The Polish-Catholic Church in the United Kingdom was created in April 2018 due to a dispute between the Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland and a group of its faithful in Glasgow. The group has two parishes and about 1,000 members. Currently, the head of the church is Oliwier Windsor.

List of superiors

1995–2023 – Bishop Wiktor Wysoczański

References

Statistisches Jahrbuch 2008: Konzises statistisches Jahrbuch von Polen 2008.
"Utrechter Union - Member Churches". www.utrechter-union.org. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
"Polish Catholic Church in Poland". World Council of Churches. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
Dominik Rozkrut, ed. (2023). "Mały Rocznik Statystyczny Polski". Warszawa: Główny Urząd Statystyczny. p. 117–118. ISSN 1640-3630. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
"Polish National Catholic Church". Oikoumene. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
"Zmarł bp Wiktor Wysoczański, zwierzchnik Kościoła Polskokatolickiego w RP". niedziela.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-08-11.
"Utrechter Union - Four bishops for Poland". www.utrechter-union.org. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
Mikovsky, Anthony A. (September 15, 2023). "To: The Clergy and Members of the Polish Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland; The Clergy and Parishes of the Polish National Catholic Church" (PDF). God's Field. 101 (10): 5–6. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
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"Nowy zwierzchnik Kościoła Polskokatolickiego w Wielkiej Brytanii | eKAI". eKAI | Portal Katolickiej Agencji Informacyjnej. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

External links

Official website (pl)

v t e The Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
Unifying institutions	Old Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference International Old Catholic Congresses
Member churches	Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany Old Catholic Church of Austria Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic Polish-Catholic Church (not to be confused with PNCC based in the United States, see below)
Dependent jurisdictions	Old Catholic Church of Croatia Old Catholic Mission in France Old Catholic Church in Sweden and Denmark
Churches in full communion	Anglican Communion Church of Sweden Philippine Independent Church
Churches no longer in communion	Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC; based in the United States)
Defunct Churches	Old Catholic Church in Italy
Derivatives	Union of Scranton

Christianity in Poland

Eastern Christianity

Eastern Orthodox	Polish Orthodox Church
Catholic	Armenian Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Przemyśl–Warsaw, Wrocław–Koszalin, Olsztyn–Gdańsk)

Western Christianity

Catholic

Latin Church	Roman Catholic Church
Old Catholic	Polish Catholic Church
Independent	Catholic Mariavite Church Mariavite Church Old Catholic Church in Poland

Protestant
(Main article)

Lutheran	Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession
Calvinist	Reformed Church
Baptist	Baptist Union of Poland
Methodist	Church of the Nazarene in Poland Polish Wesleyan Church United Methodist Church
Adventist	Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pentecostal	Pentecostal Church in Poland

Restorationist

Interdenominational
organisations

Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church, part of the Union of Utrecht
Not in communion with the rest of the Catholic Church

v t e Principal religions of Poland
State-recognised	Catholic Church in Poland Ukrainian Catholic Archdiocese Armenian Rodzima Wiara Native Polish Church Polish-Catholic Church in the Republic of Poland Old Catholic Church in Poland Polish Orthodox Church Polish Reformed Church Evangelical-Augsburg Church United Methodist Church Catholic Mariavite Church Old Catholic Mariavite Church Seventh-day Adventist Church Baptist Christian Church of the Republic of Poland Pentecostal Church in Poland Judaism Islam Karaim
Not state-recognised	Jehovah's Witnesses Buddhism Hinduism
See also	Irreligion in Poland Protestantism in Poland Slavic Native Faith in Poland

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History

Polish-Catholic Church in Great Britain

List of superiors

See also

References

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